thijs's Comments

Libraries should not impede access to knowledge, within legal bounds. There are obscenity laws to deal with anyone immoral enough to view porn in a public place.

It does illustrate the shifting role of libraries over the past century or so. From their inception, libraries were a place where members of a community could find an expansion of their world and a broadening of views. But somewhere between the advent of radio and the proliferation of the internet, the library came to be a shelter from the big bad world outside, a refuge.